Episode 25: The Mermaids Are Still Safe

This week, Graycen and Alison talk about some science stories they enjoyed this week, including stories about refrigeration, natural painkillers, and the frog-pocalypse. Next they interview Kaitlin McCreery, a Science Buff and mechanical engineer. Listen here or subscribe on iTunes!

Next Graycen talks about a fungus that is wreaking absolute havoc on most frog populations. Ed Yong has an incredible piece about it in the Atlantic, check it out! Final spoiler alert: the mermaids are fine.

After the break we talk to Kaitlin McCreery, who’s doing some awesome materials science in tendon cells.